Was 'The Little Mermaid' About Hans Christian Andersen's Unrequited Love for a Man? We can at least confirm that Andersen's original tale doesn't have the happy ending that Disney princess stories do.

the little mermaid Hans Christian Andersen, , illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger, trans. from the Danish by Anthea Bell. . Penguin/ Mineditions, $15.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-698-40001-6 ...

The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $30 (293pp) ISBN 978-0-618-22456-2 ...

The most translated story about merpeople ever written is Danish author Hans Christian Andersen’s timeless fairytale, The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue), which has been published in at least ...

Houston Matters Houston Ballet’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ is no Disney love story. Acclaimed choreographer John Neumeier talks about this more haunting version of Hans Christian Andersen’s ...

‘The Little Mermaid’ Living in the Italian Town That Inspired Hans Christian Andersen Mansion Global highlights a nearly 12,000-square-foot villa with a bird’s eye view over the entire ...

Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid upon the news of Collin's marriage. The original story is more of a tragedy than a romance: Here is the mermaid, longing for a life in the sun, but forever ...